Monday, October 20, 2014

In addition to visiting the Missouri Botanical Garden on my trip last month, I also had the opportunity to visit MoBot's Shaw Nature Reserve. SNR is about 30 miles from the main garden
and consists of 2,441 acres of restored habitat and teaching collections.
Needless to say, it was very impressive! I spent the day with
horticulture staff, education staff, and restoration ecologists. They
showed me acres and acres of restored meadows and wetlands, a very cool set of
overnight facilities, and a beautiful wildflower garden surrounding the
property's historic home.

Monday, October 6, 2014

Last month, I visited St. Louis, MO to speak at the Missouri Master Gardener Conference. While I was in town I was able to visit the Missouri Botanical Garden. MoBot is a 79 acre garden that opened in 1859! It's incredible horticultural displays include a large conservatory (the "Climatron"), demonstration gardens, formal gardens, international gardens, and historic gardens. I had the opportunity to spend the day touring the garden with the staff and learning all about their amazing plant collections.